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FARO COMMUNIQUÉ
2021-09 #6 FARO CONVENTION NETWORK
Call for Papers: The
Faro Convention
Implementation
This call for papers could tie-in
with the invitation to self
assessment, which formed part
of our Coffee Talk in May
facilitated by Eleonora
Giovene and Maria Cerretta.
For instance, it would be
interesting if Faro members
who are testing their self-
assessment approach could
consider submitting a paper
about their progress so far.
The role and function of
citizens’ participation, opens
the door to a multitude of
possible new collaborations
and innovative ways of
promoting the development of
cultural sites, communities and
heritage..
Deadline is 26/09/ 2021
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Faro Coffee Talks
Coffee talk #4.October 2021
Faro and Gamification: institutional promotion or democratic
participation
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is used as an umbrella term to refer
generally to a set of sciences, theories and techniques dedicated to
improving the ability of machines to do things requiring
intelligence. In this practice exchange from Faro stakeholders and
their experience of gamification in 3 contexts: (i) An Urban Game for
Venice Arsenale; A sociotopic smartphone app for Cordoba Patio's
and (iii) a game to communicate the Faro Convention principles.
Background reference: CyberParks – The Interface Between
People, Places and Technology State-of-the-Art Survey LNCS
11380 New Approaches and Perspectives READ
Coffee talk #5. November 2021
New museum practices with communities.
On 5 November 2018, two buildings, numbers 63 and 65 in Rue
d'Aubagne, collapsed in the center of Marseille. Through the lens of
the Faro Convention this discussion will explore new museum
practices. Invited hosts are from Hotel du Nord, Musée de la Ville
de Marseille and residents of the quarter of Noailles Debout.
Coffee talk #6. December 2021
Faro in a Suitcase
Drawing from the experience of suitcase exchanges by Faro
Network members the session will explore how local communities
respond to change in Kaunas, Marseille and Viscri. It is planned to
make this exchange coincide with the opening of the Faro Suitcase
exhibition in association with the European Capital of Culture Bodø
2024.
Interested in participating in these talks please register HERE
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Who wants to join the
Faro Network?
One group that has signalled
interest is an informal
association established in
2013. Activities of the informal
association Madness on the
border / Wahnsinn an der
Grenze, resulted in the
foundation of the Museum of
Madness in 2014 as a private
institute in Trate (northeastern
Slovenia). The project was
spurred by the sinister
presence of the Cmurek
Castle, which functioned as an
institution for mentally
disabled from 1956 till 2004.
Nine years after its
abandonment the castle
became the nexus for a local
Slovenian-Austrian initiative
focused on a somewhat
provocative re-evaluation of
madness. READ
Fundacion San Millan
online seminar: , Heritage,
Education and Schoo
Sept 29/30 2021.
The two-day seminar aims to
deepen links between schools
and cultural heritage with
inputs from specialists in the
field of education and cultural
heritage. It will target:
teachers and others from
primary and secondary
education interested in
heritage education. It is hoped
to open a line of dialogue and
exchange between teachers
and managers of heritage
institutions to redefine
heritage education programs
and adapt them to the learning
needs of students; This
motivated four institutions with
a lot to do with heritage and
education to join forces to
propose an activity that had
precisely those objectives.
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Europa Nostra prize
The project was coordinated by the Association of Cultural Heritage
Education in Finland (AHEF) in partnership with La Fundación San
Millán de la Cogolla (FSMC) in Spain, Urban Development Centre
(UDC) in Serbia and VITECO E-learning solutions in Italy.
Photo: Culture Hubs
The Jury was especially appreciative of the project’s methodology:
“Heritage Hubs has provided a strong methodology on heritage
education, implemented by many schools. Capacity building
has been provided for the programme’s partners and many
materials have been created, also in a digital format, to help aid
creative interaction with the wider community. This includes a
combination of virtual and real-life experiences of heritage with
transmedia storytelling and multisensory activities. The
educational approach is based on the concept of learning from
heritage, with participants exchanging their own heritage with
other participants, learning through other cultures and the
exchange of experiences.” Nominations for the 2022 Europa
Nostra awards will open in October 2021.
WATCH and READ
Artistic organization of the Co-Roma
Throughout September, Co-
Roma are active with artistic
workshops, the launch of a
participation mural and the
Living Memory Exhibition (LME).
The context is unique: an urban
cultural district located in
Southeast Rome. It includes the
Alessandrino, Centocelle and
Torre Spaccata (ACT)
neighbourhoods. A number of
archeological sites with remains
from Roman, Medieval and Post-
industrial times, but for years now they have been underexplored or
abandoned. Artistic strategies contribute to regenerate the area,
contributing to make the community aware of the great potential of
their territory.
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Faro Experiences:
Marseille and Córdoba
Thatday on the slag heap, Karima
explains to students destined for social
work, the emotion she had with other
local moms daring to venture out for the
first time. The walk and plants
encountered became quite a source of
childhood memories. Recipes, dishes
and stories were recalled once spoken
by a mother or grandmother. Walking
along the land produced both intimate
sensations with collective resonance for
the women. And then there was a
moment when the imagination went
beyond the awakening of memory, the
moment, "Where we crossed a border,
where we jumped the wall… We ate
poppies ”.In the midst of the slag heap,
also testifying to this urban system
where traders and industrialists set up
their production equipment (oil mills,
soap factories, light industries, etc) in
their own "Garden", Karima tells us
about the feeling of freedom, new
attachment, joy to be there, the return
to childhood and curiosity. Little by
little stories of this multiverse -where all
cultures have their place; the water too,
the trees on the banks and animals –
resonated for humans with a possible
common goal: to act for the river.
Extract from Living with a Riverby Julie
De Muer
María is 92 years old and is living all
her life in a patio in the district of
Axerquía. Maria’s granddaughter,
Fuensanta, arrived with a mobile
smartphone app. Using it, she
uploaded images of her grandmother’s
patio and interviewed her grandmother
about the patio, how the space was
shared and the freshness of the summer
thanks to its shadow and vegetation.
The app invites Fuensanta to explore
the courtyard and to record other
personal narratives of the patios.
They go to the laundry and she records
her grandmother memoirs about when
there was no washing machine and all
the women used to wash by hand. María
sings a song she used to sing while
doing the laundry. Fuensanta uploads a
photo of the current laundry and two
sound records: the conversation with
his grandmother and the song.
Extract from Gaia Redaelli et al pp 224-
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European Network for
Sustainable Travel
After the first European meeting of
April 2021 organized with Portugal the
follow-up and second European
meeting will take place in Sardinia to
promote sustainable tourism. The
IT.A.CÀ Festival, which was awarded
by the United Nations World Tourism
Organization for excellence and
innovation in the field of tourism is
first and only festival in Italy on
sustainable tourism. The idea is to
discover places and cultures through
walking and cycling routes,
workshops, seminars, laboratories,
exhibitions, concerts, documentaries,
books and tastings to launch an idea of
tourism that is more ethical and more
respectful of the environment and of
those who live there. A unique journey
in many different areas, to turn the
finish into a future. Combine the
sustainability of travel with the well-
being of citizens.
Soon for
publication
Soon there will be 3
new publications about
Faro.
1. "People, places,
stories: Faro
convention inspired
experiences". This
book is coordinated by
the Jaume I University
(University Extension
Programme - Patrimoni
project) and the
Council of Europe
(Faro Convention).
2. Spanish and Catalan
editions of above are
due to be published in
the annual magazine,
"Memoria Viva".
This will be a follow up
to the very successful
consideration of what
cultural heritage
means:
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3. Already available
from the Council of
Europe website is the
“Polish Civil Society
and the Aims of the
Faro Convention” by
Aleksandra Chabiera
The National Institute
of Cultural Heritage,
Poland READ
